Table of Contents

1. Tutorial Video
2. Tutorial Video
3. Reading Materials
• ‘Manager induction standards’ by Skills for Care
• ‘What is commissioning and how is it changing?’ on the Kings Trust website
• ‘Integrated commissioning for better outcomes’ by the Local Government Association
• ‘Adult social care funding: A local or national responsibility?’ by the Institute for Fiscal Studies
• ‘Commissioning and planning the workforce’ on the Skills for Care website
• ‘Adult social care market shaping’ by the Department of Health & Social Care
• ‘A guide to commissioning practice’ on the Connect to Commissioning Support website
• ‘Quality matters’ on the Skills for Care website
• ‘Transforming care: Innovation’ on the SCIE website
• ‘Important skills entrepreneurs need with examples’ on The Balance Careers website
• ‘Good to know: Helping you to identify opportunities for innovation’ by the Institute for Leadership and Management
4. Presentation
• Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on ‘Encouraging innovation’.
• Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘Leading the development of continuous improvement’.
5. Good Practice Example
6. Good Practice Example
7. Interactive Quiz
8. Evidence Opportunities
• NCFE CACHEIf you are studying the 'NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care' qualification, please click to open this 'Evidence opportunities' sheet.
• PearsonIf you are studying the 'Pearson BTEC Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (England)' qualification, please click to open this 'Evidence opportunities' sheet.
• HighfieldIf you are studying the 'Highfield Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF)' qualification, please click to open this 'Evidence opportunities' sheet.
• TQUKIf you are studying the 'TQUK Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care' qualification, please click to open this 'Evidence opportunities' sheet.
• iCQ If you are studying the 'iCQ Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care' qualification, please click to open this 'Evidence opportunities' sheet.
9. Extended Learning
• ‘How do you solve a problem like social care funding?’ on the Kings Trust website. Click to listen to this podcast.
• ‘Transforming the market for social care: A model for market facilitation’ by Oxford Brookes University.
• ‘Adult social care: Quality matters’ on the Gov UK website. Click to find guidance on the Quality Matters initiative, which aims to improve the quality of adult social care.
• ‘Who cares? The role that entrepreneurs and technology can play in improving informal care in the UK’ by Nesta. With demand for informal care growing substantially, this paper explores the need for new tools and services to encourage greater supply of informal care and greater support for informal carers.
• Click to find articles on ‘Leadership’ on the Entrepreneur Handbook website.
10. Think And Challenge